Christopher Hampton has translated plays by Ibsen, Molière, Chekhov and Yasmina Reza (including Art). He won an Academy Award for the adaptation of his own play, Dangerous Liaisons and was nominated again in 2007 for adapting Ian McEwan's novel Atonement.

James Macdonald has worked extensively Off Broadway where he was recently the winner of the 2014 Obie Award for Best Director for Love and Information. He was associate director of the Royal Court from 1992 to 2007, where his productions included Cock and Drunk Enough to Say I Love You.